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The Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector, an experimental flamethrower used twice by the British during WW1. Four were deployed in 1916 at the Somme and one in 1917 near Diksmuide. It took 300 men to take it to the front and assemble them and eight to operate it.
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This entry was posted on October 8, 2014 by Miep. It was filed under European Warfare 1789-1918, History, History of Science and Technology, Human History, Images of History, Lesser-Known "Mothers of Invention", Military History, Modern Warfare, Photography, Stunt Queens, The Drama Of It All, World War One and was tagged with black and white photography, color photography, Europe, First World War, flame thrower, Flamethrower, History, Photo, The war to end all wars, World War i, World War One, WW1, WWI.
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